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Michael Shermer Quotes

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science Picture Quote #1

Skepticism is not a position; it’s a process Picture Quote #1

I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true Picture Quote #1

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience Picture Quote #1

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing Picture Quote #1

Plato wove historical fact into literary myth Picture Quote #1

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One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements Picture Quote #1

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable Picture Quote #1

For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals Picture Quote #1

The price of liberty is, in addition to eternal vigilance, eternal patience with the vacuous blather occasionally expressed from behind the shield of free speech Picture Quote #1

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive Picture Quote #1

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what Picture Quote #1

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Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic Picture Quote #1

Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life’s caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known Picture Quote #1

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life’s pilgrimage Picture Quote #1

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body Picture Quote #1

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does Picture Quote #1

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant Picture Quote #1

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No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process Picture Quote #1

The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out Picture Quote #1

We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs Picture Quote #1

When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience Picture Quote #1

My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal Picture Quote #1

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be Picture Quote #1

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Mammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish Picture Quote #1

Science is not a thing. It’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things. It’s a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena Picture Quote #1

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method Picture Quote #1

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave Picture Quote #1

There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades Picture Quote #1

Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy Picture Quote #1

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But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science (Michael Shermer Quotes) Skepticism is not a position; it’s a process (Michael Shermer Quotes) I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true (Michael Shermer Quotes) Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience (Michael Shermer Quotes) Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing (Michael Shermer Quotes) Plato wove historical fact into literary myth (Michael Shermer Quotes) One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements (Michael Shermer Quotes) Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable (Michael Shermer Quotes) For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals (Michael Shermer Quotes) The price of liberty is, in addition to eternal vigilance, eternal patience with the vacuous blather occasionally expressed from behind the shield of free speech (Michael Shermer Quotes) The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive (Michael Shermer Quotes) Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what (Michael Shermer Quotes) Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic (Michael Shermer Quotes) Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of life’s caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known (Michael Shermer Quotes) We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life’s pilgrimage (Michael Shermer Quotes) Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body (Michael Shermer Quotes) Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does (Michael Shermer Quotes) Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant (Michael Shermer Quotes) No single discovery from any of these fields denotes proof of evolution, but together they reveal that life evolved in a certain sequence by a particular process (Michael Shermer Quotes) The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out (Michael Shermer Quotes) We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs (Michael Shermer Quotes) When alien abductees recount to me their stories, I do not deny that they had a real experience (Michael Shermer Quotes) My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a human trait; that is, a human universal (Michael Shermer Quotes) In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be (Michael Shermer Quotes) Mammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish (Michael Shermer Quotes) Science is not a thing. It’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things. It’s a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena (Michael Shermer Quotes) Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method (Michael Shermer Quotes) We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave (Michael Shermer Quotes) There are many sources of spirituality; religion may be the most common, but it is by no means the only. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades (Michael Shermer Quotes) Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy (Michael Shermer Quotes)

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